Davidgeo,
Well, it is a sure thing that somebody made something up! If a person has faith and believes in God, and the other guy has the same amount of faith that there is no God, do they cancel each other out? Or are they Buddhists in a universe that is only an illusion. It is much harder to prove a negative than a positive... Maybe you only think you think there is no God...Beware the RABBIT HOLE! Fall into that and there is no telling what might happen.
BTW... Many Quantum Physicists are beginning to believe that the Universe itself is conscious, but the big question is what pronoun would IT want us to use?
Vol
Posted 3 Months Ago
1 of 1 people found this review constructive.
3 Months Ago
The rabbit hole goes both ways. I try and stay out of holes. I'm actually not really an atheist. .. read moreThe rabbit hole goes both ways. I try and stay out of holes. I'm actually not really an atheist. I simply don't find most organized religions to be honest.
I think the universe is "concious"... but i also think "it's" using a language we have yet to figure out. And it has nothing to do with language or conscious thought. Of course, who knows? If you really believe in your faith that's the most important question... what you will rely on your moral compass to guide you toward an approximate answer (real answers don't exist there).
3 Months Ago
Davidgeo,
It does indeed!
I am a Christian who believes the religion involved with tha.. read moreDavidgeo,
It does indeed!
I am a Christian who believes the religion involved with that set of beliefs was designed by their concept of Satan. I keep trying, but can find little in their teachings that might save them from the hell they invented.
Vol
3 Months Ago
Damn vol... I like how you Christian. You're my kind of religious guy.
I like hin.. read moreDamn vol... I like how you Christian. You're my kind of religious guy.
I like hindu religion becuase they focus on how god can become the devil if you use his knowledge wrong. Western religions focus more on "do this and you will get that"... hindu religon's focus on "why do you do this? what makes you right today as opposed to tomorrow?". I'm jewish but, I have no religion. The findest piece of religious text I've read is the gita. The jesus parable is a close second but... it's not an original story and it focuses on suffering to the point of glorification which is borderline "immoral" depending upon who you ask.... (sorry for going on about this... sorry for the typos as well)
3 Months Ago
Davidgeo,
Like the church has always confused belief with superstition, so no one with any mi.. read moreDavidgeo,
Like the church has always confused belief with superstition, so no one with any mind at all follows them anymore. I find Buddhism to have too many things that just seem little more than superstition as well in light of what we know today. They also can serve as a fine moral compass... set of rules to live by.
I've been an ordained minister of sorts, born at a Bible college, and from generations of preachers. Holy Rollers at that... but wise, and comfortable with opposing views. I have seen the dirty of underbelly of churchianity (I just made that word up) and there are gonna be a lot of very surprised brothas and sistas out there. Jesus said to enter the kingdom requires two things, Love God, Love everyone else, too. What do you get for that? He said "I came to give you life, and that more abundantly." (The bit that condemns churchers more than any other.) So, a TRUE Christian knows how to eat drink and be merry, all the time. Laugh out loud, party hearty, and find beauty everywhere.
Vol
3 Months Ago
Like I said before, you're my kind of religious guy.
You seem a little more high sp.. read moreLike I said before, you're my kind of religious guy.
You seem a little more high speed than the casual reader. There is a relatively outdated book (for academic purposes) by Beverly and Brian Clack named (not pretentiously) "The Philosophy of Religion". I highly recomend it to you. Not so much for you to learn new things but on how to interpret things you've already learned with a somewhat, almost, objective approach. None of this is objective obviously but... the academic culture now is a little off. Growth is on hold for the moment in western culture.
3 Months Ago
DG, Do you mind if i call you DG? My fingers don't shoot as straight as they used to.... I spend alm.. read moreDG, Do you mind if i call you DG? My fingers don't shoot as straight as they used to.... I spend almost as much time making corrections as I do writing.
I will check it out. And If I may, would like to recommend a sermon that actually addresses the subject. It is called "Ten Shekels and a Shirt," by Paris Reidhead. It is easily found on google, and was a "Godsend" to me over fifty yers ago.
Vol
3 Months Ago
I just ordered "The Philosophy of Religion"
3 Months Ago
I think you will like that book. I also think you should read some Oscar Wilde before you get too.. read moreI think you will like that book. I also think you should read some Oscar Wilde before you get too religious... The Picture of Dorian Gray. It's how people should look at themselves, as a dark fantasy cautionary tale. (oscar was a pioneer... with just one book. It's too bad he was born in the wrong time... we'd have more books, more poems from Oscar Wilde)
3 Months Ago
DG
I'm familiar with Oscar Wilde... Excellent writer... Read The Picture of Dorian Gray the f.. read moreDG
I'm familiar with Oscar Wilde... Excellent writer... Read The Picture of Dorian Gray the first time in 1966...
Vol
3 Months Ago
This is somewhat perfect then.
Before you get into that book, (this is cheating) l.. read moreThis is somewhat perfect then.
Before you get into that book, (this is cheating) look into Jaugue Derrida. Albert Camus is not mentioned in that text but, he might as well be. On a side note.... reading Albert Camus changed my life. The Stranger changed how I interpret tragedy in my life which, is, that changed my fundamental charachter. I've never been the same since then. I'm not sure if it's for the best or not. Albert Camus is/was... a greater loss to humanity than Oscar Wilde was.
3 Months Ago
(Jacque, I've been smoking grass all day)
3 Months Ago
Hahaha... Camus... I'm always surprised when I find someone who even knows who he was...
It makes me sad that no one knows that name. Albert Camus was truly special, how he died was truly .. read moreIt makes me sad that no one knows that name. Albert Camus was truly special, how he died was truly tragic. I don't even like thinking about it. It feels like losing a family member.
3 Months Ago
I'm just about ready to fire up, myself.
3 Months Ago
Smoke some Brownie Scout and then eat 30 Mg's of THC edibles. The Stranger is only 159 pages, I sug.. read moreSmoke some Brownie Scout and then eat 30 Mg's of THC edibles. The Stranger is only 159 pages, I suggest you get high and start reading it. It's impressive to me when a guy writes a book in an entirely different language that still transcends culture none the less. And time, it's still a relevant book... it's very rare to find unbiased takes on "morality" (with a little absurdism mixed in) like that. Camus is irreplacable. the plays, the books, how he decided to release his work in threes... that man was special.
Davidgeo,
Well, it is a sure thing that somebody made something up! If a person has faith and believes in God, and the other guy has the same amount of faith that there is no God, do they cancel each other out? Or are they Buddhists in a universe that is only an illusion. It is much harder to prove a negative than a positive... Maybe you only think you think there is no God...Beware the RABBIT HOLE! Fall into that and there is no telling what might happen.
BTW... Many Quantum Physicists are beginning to believe that the Universe itself is conscious, but the big question is what pronoun would IT want us to use?
Vol
Posted 3 Months Ago
1 of 1 people found this review constructive.
3 Months Ago
The rabbit hole goes both ways. I try and stay out of holes. I'm actually not really an atheist. .. read moreThe rabbit hole goes both ways. I try and stay out of holes. I'm actually not really an atheist. I simply don't find most organized religions to be honest.
I think the universe is "concious"... but i also think "it's" using a language we have yet to figure out. And it has nothing to do with language or conscious thought. Of course, who knows? If you really believe in your faith that's the most important question... what you will rely on your moral compass to guide you toward an approximate answer (real answers don't exist there).
3 Months Ago
Davidgeo,
It does indeed!
I am a Christian who believes the religion involved with tha.. read moreDavidgeo,
It does indeed!
I am a Christian who believes the religion involved with that set of beliefs was designed by their concept of Satan. I keep trying, but can find little in their teachings that might save them from the hell they invented.
Vol
3 Months Ago
Damn vol... I like how you Christian. You're my kind of religious guy.
I like hin.. read moreDamn vol... I like how you Christian. You're my kind of religious guy.
I like hindu religion becuase they focus on how god can become the devil if you use his knowledge wrong. Western religions focus more on "do this and you will get that"... hindu religon's focus on "why do you do this? what makes you right today as opposed to tomorrow?". I'm jewish but, I have no religion. The findest piece of religious text I've read is the gita. The jesus parable is a close second but... it's not an original story and it focuses on suffering to the point of glorification which is borderline "immoral" depending upon who you ask.... (sorry for going on about this... sorry for the typos as well)
3 Months Ago
Davidgeo,
Like the church has always confused belief with superstition, so no one with any mi.. read moreDavidgeo,
Like the church has always confused belief with superstition, so no one with any mind at all follows them anymore. I find Buddhism to have too many things that just seem little more than superstition as well in light of what we know today. They also can serve as a fine moral compass... set of rules to live by.
I've been an ordained minister of sorts, born at a Bible college, and from generations of preachers. Holy Rollers at that... but wise, and comfortable with opposing views. I have seen the dirty of underbelly of churchianity (I just made that word up) and there are gonna be a lot of very surprised brothas and sistas out there. Jesus said to enter the kingdom requires two things, Love God, Love everyone else, too. What do you get for that? He said "I came to give you life, and that more abundantly." (The bit that condemns churchers more than any other.) So, a TRUE Christian knows how to eat drink and be merry, all the time. Laugh out loud, party hearty, and find beauty everywhere.
Vol
3 Months Ago
Like I said before, you're my kind of religious guy.
You seem a little more high sp.. read moreLike I said before, you're my kind of religious guy.
You seem a little more high speed than the casual reader. There is a relatively outdated book (for academic purposes) by Beverly and Brian Clack named (not pretentiously) "The Philosophy of Religion". I highly recomend it to you. Not so much for you to learn new things but on how to interpret things you've already learned with a somewhat, almost, objective approach. None of this is objective obviously but... the academic culture now is a little off. Growth is on hold for the moment in western culture.
3 Months Ago
DG, Do you mind if i call you DG? My fingers don't shoot as straight as they used to.... I spend alm.. read moreDG, Do you mind if i call you DG? My fingers don't shoot as straight as they used to.... I spend almost as much time making corrections as I do writing.
I will check it out. And If I may, would like to recommend a sermon that actually addresses the subject. It is called "Ten Shekels and a Shirt," by Paris Reidhead. It is easily found on google, and was a "Godsend" to me over fifty yers ago.
Vol
3 Months Ago
I just ordered "The Philosophy of Religion"
3 Months Ago
I think you will like that book. I also think you should read some Oscar Wilde before you get too.. read moreI think you will like that book. I also think you should read some Oscar Wilde before you get too religious... The Picture of Dorian Gray. It's how people should look at themselves, as a dark fantasy cautionary tale. (oscar was a pioneer... with just one book. It's too bad he was born in the wrong time... we'd have more books, more poems from Oscar Wilde)
3 Months Ago
DG
I'm familiar with Oscar Wilde... Excellent writer... Read The Picture of Dorian Gray the f.. read moreDG
I'm familiar with Oscar Wilde... Excellent writer... Read The Picture of Dorian Gray the first time in 1966...
Vol
3 Months Ago
This is somewhat perfect then.
Before you get into that book, (this is cheating) l.. read moreThis is somewhat perfect then.
Before you get into that book, (this is cheating) look into Jaugue Derrida. Albert Camus is not mentioned in that text but, he might as well be. On a side note.... reading Albert Camus changed my life. The Stranger changed how I interpret tragedy in my life which, is, that changed my fundamental charachter. I've never been the same since then. I'm not sure if it's for the best or not. Albert Camus is/was... a greater loss to humanity than Oscar Wilde was.
3 Months Ago
(Jacque, I've been smoking grass all day)
3 Months Ago
Hahaha... Camus... I'm always surprised when I find someone who even knows who he was...
It makes me sad that no one knows that name. Albert Camus was truly special, how he died was truly .. read moreIt makes me sad that no one knows that name. Albert Camus was truly special, how he died was truly tragic. I don't even like thinking about it. It feels like losing a family member.
3 Months Ago
I'm just about ready to fire up, myself.
3 Months Ago
Smoke some Brownie Scout and then eat 30 Mg's of THC edibles. The Stranger is only 159 pages, I sug.. read moreSmoke some Brownie Scout and then eat 30 Mg's of THC edibles. The Stranger is only 159 pages, I suggest you get high and start reading it. It's impressive to me when a guy writes a book in an entirely different language that still transcends culture none the less. And time, it's still a relevant book... it's very rare to find unbiased takes on "morality" (with a little absurdism mixed in) like that. Camus is irreplacable. the plays, the books, how he decided to release his work in threes... that man was special.
Genesis 1 verse 26-31, "in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over (the earth.. read moreGenesis 1 verse 26-31, "in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over (the earth)"
Except I don't really believe in god, but I really believe in People.
3 Months Ago
"I don't really believe in God, but I believe in People."
That's the kind of comment that res.. read more"I don't really believe in God, but I believe in People."
That's the kind of comment that restores my faith in people.
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